Description: This short, popular biography of England's heroic abolitionist commemorates the 200th anniversary of the defeat of slavery and will be the official tie-in book for a movie of the same name by Walden Media.
Brief description:
Eric Metaxas is the author of Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were Afraid to Ask) and thirty children's books. He is founder and host of Socrates in the City in New York City, where he lives with his wife and daughter. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Washington Post, Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Mars Hill Review, and First Things. He has written for VeggieTales and Rabbit Ears Productions, earning three Grammy nominations for Best Children's Recording.
Review Quotes:
"The little-known story of the lifelong struggle of a member of Parliament to abolish slavery in the British Empire." - USA Today
"A fine and important book." - Chicago Sun-Times